. imogen foukes reports from geneva. so much snow, literally tonnes of it. its sheer weight forces it down to the valleys. this was the scene in switzerland. no one was hurt here, but the avalanche risk is the highest it's been for almost a decade. over a metre of snow fell in parts of the alps on monday alone. in the italian resort of sestriere, residents were evacuated when snow poured down into their homes. villages are cut off, many schools are closed. this is les houches in france. translation: we heard a big noise at first. no tremor, but a very big noise, a huge growl. then i saw the cloud coming down, so we ran back and into the basement. it's always a shock, always. it's not nice to see. we thought the house would explode. when you see that, your heart sinks. in the shadow of the famous matterhorn, over 13,000 tourists in the swiss resort of zermatt cannot leave. snow has blocked road and rail links. skiing isn't possible, slopes are closed because of the avalanche danger. residents and holiday—makers alike are being warned to avoid high alpine roads and to follow all sa

hateful things and he said them repeatedly. from the united nation, in geneva, came the stiffest of rebukes. these are shocking and shameful comments from the president of the united states. i am sorry but there is no other word one can use but racist. you can not dismiss entire countries and continents as "shitholes". across africa there has been a furious response. the botswana government called donald trump's comments "reprehensible and racist". it may be just words, maybe in another part of the world, but on this continent, that word is an insult. chant: build the wall, build the wall. "build the wall" was the cry of voters who loved donald trump's hardline stance on immigration during the election. we are going to build the wall, folks, don't worry about it. and he was said to be doing a victory lap at the white house last night, believing this row will rev up his base. donald trump launched his campaign for the white house with an attack on mexican immigrants and rose to political prominence by claiming, falsely, that barack obama was not an american. this latest racial contro

is quite a shock. from the united nations in geneva came the stiffest of rebukes. these are shocking and shameful comments from the president of the united states. i'm sorry but there's no other word one can use but racist. you cannot dismiss entire countries and continents. the allegation has gone unanswered by the president. he had an opportunity at this ceremony in celebration of martin luther king. but it was awkward. after signing a proclamation in honour of the civil rights leader, mr trump dodged the most uncomfortable of questions. mr president, are you a racist? the president left without responding. he earlier tweeted that he'd used tough language in a meeting with senators but not the derogatory language attributed to him. peter bowes, bbc news. dentists have accused the government of not doing enough to tackle tooth decay in england. new figures indicate there were nearly 43,000 operations to remove children's teeth last year — a i7% increase on four years ago. the british dental association says england now provides a second—class service compared to scotland and wal

united nations in geneva came the stiffest of rebukes. these are shocking and shameful comments from the president of the united states. i'm sorry but there's no other word one can use but racist. you cannot dismiss entire countries and continents. the allegation has gone unanswered by the president. he had an opportunity at this ceremony in celebration of martin luther king. but it was awkward. after signing a proclamation in honour of the civil rights leader, mr trump dodged the most uncomfortable of questions. mr president, are you a racist? the president left without responding. he earlier tweeted that he'd used tough language in a meeting with senators but not the derogatory language attributed to him. peter bowes, bbc news. hawaii's emergency management agency has been forced to send out a tweet reassuring citizens there is no missile threat to hawaii. it comes after residents allegedly received emergency alert warning of an incoming ballistic missile. it was later revealed to be a false alarm. david willis is in washington. this must have been absolutely petrifying for people.

valued partner for the africans, this is quite a shock. from the united nations in geneva came the stiffest of rebukes. these are shocking and shameful comments from the president of the united states. i'm sorry but there's no other word one can use but racist. you cannot dismiss entire countries and continents. the allegation has gone unanswered by the president. he had an opportunity at this ceremony in celebration of martin luther king. but it was awkward. after signing a proclamation in honour of the civil rights leader, mr trump dodged the most uncomfortable of questions. mr president, are you a racist? the president left without responding. he earlier tweeted that he'd used tough language in a meeting with senators but not the derogatory language attributed to him. peter bowes, bbc news. meanwhile, a speech this morning by the mayor of london, sadiq khan, has been disrupted by protesters shouting support for brexit and president trump. mr khan's address to the fabian society in london was suspended for several minutes while the demonstrators were taken out of the building by

geneva convention, hospitals, and medics, are supposed to be protected, but they have almost been used as a key target, and it really does break the will of the people when you see the hospitals destroyed. ghouta has the last conclave that the syrians and the russians have not defeated, and it appears that they are having a final push. we are all hopeful that these talks will start again. i think a lot of us very closely involved had been devastated by the silence of ireland politicians and western politicians are really calling on president trump, who we just heard, prime minister may, president macron, and others to get behind a ceasefire. we feel if a season that can be imposed, this humanitarian aid that is stacked up on the borders of syria can get in and said those people, and the un peace process will develop to allow free and fair elections in some time. but at the moment, things are absolutely desperate. we have been in direct contact with the russians, with president putin and in direct contact with president assad, and they have in their path and lead ceasefires, and i

africans, this is quite a shock. from the united nations in geneva came the stiffest of rebukes. these are shocking and shameful comments from the president of the united states. i'm sorry but there's no other word one can use but racist. you cannot dismiss entire countries and continents. the allegation has gone unanswered by the president. he had an opportunity at this ceremony in celebration of martin luther king. but it was awkward. after signing a proclamation in honour of the civil rights leader, mr trump dodged the most uncomfortable of questions. mr president, are you a racist? the president left without responding. he earlier tweeted that he used tough language in a meeting with senators but not the derogatory language attributed to him. peter bowes, bbc news. despite the furore over the president's comments, the political analyst eric ham says mr trump's words will resonate with his republican base. we know how the president feels about courting his base and making sure that they stay in the fold. in fa ct a sure that they stay in the fold. in fact a very conservative

disciplines in pyeongchang. our correspondent is in geneva where she says this feels like quite a moment. yes, it did. in fact it took place here in this room at the international olympic committee, thomas bach called it a milestone, he reminded us who were listening, that he too was from a divided country, he is from germany, which has only been reunited in the last two decades or so, so i think he personally took it as a real achievement that the two koreas will march under the same flag, they will field one unified team, ice hockey, and 22 north korean athletes despite they missed the deadline to register, they will now be allowed to ta ke register, they will now be allowed to take part in the olympics next month. church bells and music venues in england are to be offered extra protection against attempts to silence them by people living in newly built housing nearby. the government is changing planning—guidance so that long—standing, but noisy, community facilities won't have to make expensive changes because of complaints from new neighbours. instead, housing developers will be

united nations in geneva came the stiffest of rebukes. these are shocking and shameful comments from the president of the united states. i'm sorry but there's no other word one can use but racist. he had an opportunity at this ceremony in celebration of martin luther king. but it was awkward. the president left without responding. peter bowes, bbc news. iran has said the us has crossed a "red line" by imposing sanctions on the head of itsjudiciary and has vowed to retaliate. ayatollah sadeq amoli—larijani is among 1a individuals and bodies targeted. and bodies targeted. and the pressure over thejudiciary, and the pressure over iran's nuclear programme? thejudiciary, and the pressure over iran's nuclear programme ?|j thejudiciary, and the pressure over iran's nuclear programme? i don't think they are that much linked, and these new sanctions are a consequence of the recent protests we have seen in iran. and the fact that the white house wanted to show a reaction. donald trump and the white house were very vocal, trying to offer support to the protesters, while they were in the

years in syriac, hospitals have been a target under the giroud can then —— under the cheever geneva convention, hospitals are not supposed to be a target. ghouta is it last big on clear that the syrians and russians have not defeated, and it appears that they are having a final push. we are all hopeful that peace talks will start again. i think a lot of us very closely involved have been devastated by the silence of on politicians and western politicians and already calling on president trump, who we just and already calling on president trump, who wejust had, president macron and others to get behind a ceasefire. we feel if a ceasefire can be encouraged, this humanitarian aid for these people can get in and save them. and the un peace process will develop to allow free and fair elections for some time. but at the moment, things are absolutely desperate. we have been in direct contact with the russians, with president putin and with president assad, and they have in the past and load ceasefires, and i think what we really need that is a countrywide ceasefire. otherwise, we are going

quite a shock. from the united nations in geneva came the stiffest of rebukes. these are shocking and shameful comments from the president of the united states. i'm sorry but there's no other word one can use but racist. you cannot dismiss entire countries and continents. the allegation has gone unanswered by the president. he had an opportunity at this ceremony in celebration of martin luther king. but it was awkward. after signing a proclamation in honour of the civil rights leader, mr trump dodged the most uncomfortable of questions. mr president, are you a racist? the president left without responding. he'd earlier tweeted that he'd used "tough" language in a meeting with senators but not the derogatory language attributed to him. peter bowes, bbc news. the leader of the liberal democrats, vince cable, said the president's visit to the uk should not go ahead. if that is the case the government will have to work harder to make sure it doesn't happen because it would be appalling if this man, in view of everything he has said and done, would come and be treated as a state visit. con

that the council in geneva. we must not become silent. the people act one crying out for freedom. freedom loving people must stand for the cause. the international criminal tea m cause. the international criminal team made the mistake of failing to do that in 2009. we must not make that mistake again. i am joined do that in 2009. we must not make that mistake again. i amjoined by do that in 2009. we must not make that mistake again. i am joined by a journalist from the guardian. talking about the situation in 2009 there. the suggestion 0bama's administration stood by. didn't do anything. trump has been forthright. condemning what has been going on in iran. any sense, do you believe, the donald trump administration has strategy to back that up?” donald trump administration has strategy to back that up? i do not think so. playing into the domestic audience in the us, and frankly i do not think the words will be listened to by protesters in tehran and other cities. months ago, the president of the native states imposed the blanket travel ban. not popular inside iran. but of course

mind that this is a this is a very different venue this isn't your classic geneva peace process here the talks a much more direct suchi is just a space to get all these different sides to come together the syrian government representatives of it as well as various ethnicities denominations in syria rebel groups as well as there was an effort to get the kurds here but could into room as the turks block that effort and the the thinking the idea here is to get everybody into the same rules so they can talk to each other face to face unlike in the geneva peace process where all these different sides come they sit in different rooms and send middlemen in the goosey this back and forth to talk to each other to make offers demands counted demands and. so on and so forth the problem is that it hasn't resulted in him very much and sochi is about getting the ball rolling peskov putin spokesperson said that don't expect any big result here don't expect the peace treaty or a brain breakthrough this is just a supplement to all the current peace talks such as geneva to get the ball rolling to get

achieve in geneva after eight rounds of talks now the syrian government cannot just avoid these negotiations they will have to meet all the participants of the congress face to face that is a step forward that was not made in geneva it will be useful for geneva. and i'm at the head that our sochi europe regarding sort you should remember there are many problems both on the ground and political the syrian army with its allies has liberated large areas and eliminated terrorist leaders anyway the geneva negotiations notes nothing in order to please other parties that happens with other negotiations and two and that's where sochi comes in but we should expect too much maybe some expect the situation in syria will be resolved right after a declaration when announcements and sorts what we know how politics works these negotiations are just a stage for. the us treasury has released a declassified list of russian individuals as part of a sanction for north signed by donald trump in august the so-called kremlin list includes the names of some two hundred top officials and business leader

the swiss. the shores of lake geneva. in the land of banks and discretion you will discover the most secretive place in switzerland. in the middle of a warehouse complex. a stone's throw from the border with france the geneva freeport. watched by surveillance cameras and surrounded by barbed wire fences this complex is traditionally a custom zone where merchandise is stored before being exported abroad. but today it has become a permanent storage site with sixty thousand square meters of space rented by the city of geneva to transporters or to private individuals to safeguard their assets . behind these anonymous double locked doors there is gold and diamonds. and. it is also the largest wine cellar in the world with three million bottles laid to rest. bottles worth five hundred thousand two thousand dollars quietly maturing and gaining in value at a constant temperature and humidity. these buildings are anti earthquake and the doors are resistant to explosives. and to protect these treasures from fire a special room houses hundreds of extinguishers that can be activated at any momen

not want to come here to sochi saying that this was a distraction from the geneva peace process but then we understand also that there were late nights kfar fals in the airports in sochi last night with the turkish backed opposition delegation deciding that they didn't want to go after they'd arrived on the plane decided that they didn't want to leave the airport because of syrian government flags straight all around the place they're all over the branding for this congress and we also know that there are various kurdish groups who are staying away turkey feels are not welcome but also they don't want to take part in sochi because of what's going on in africa and so again like in processes like a stand and even some part of the geneva negotiations we're seeing the difficulty of getting everyone around the table to talk well so having said that what is russia hoping to achieve what do they think they can possibly achieve when it's even this difficult just to get everybody in the same room. well i think the main thing the russia wants to get out of this conference at least . with rega

hariri he is the chief negotiator for syria's opposition at the upcoming geneva peace talks mr hariri thanks for being with us i understand you're not supposed to speak on after being you're only here to talk about negotiation maybe i can ask you this are you worried that american support for the kurds is going to lead to the partition of syria exactly. one of the most important and. the fuel for syria is the unity of the. two which will be and you know will smith. has their own projects. opposition they are they are not also. regime they have their own project they want to establish for the rule is a system that's may lead to the division of syria so now any support for any militia who has a geological road project yana makes us afraid that this might be lead to a kind of division in the future do you support turkey's actions. now i know that the problem is people id your id has a lot of problems with syrians a lot of violations against civilians we saw them when they entered iraq a city when they raised a huge picture of our beloved learn now in their schools they are forced there a

it's it's a guideline the document itself made the rounds at geneva multiple times but ultimately it got nowhere it was finally side here in sochi and it's a road map that governs everything from syrian from syrian governance itself to syrian sovereignty to how the military will be overhauled the other big thing that was agreed on is a constitutional reform committee to amend or rewrite the syrian constitution the interesting thing here is that seats on it will be saved for those that were unwilling or unable to attend these talks this will be passed on to the u.n. so the u.n. will oversee this new committee and the u.n. special envoy to syria will personally guide this initiative there was also of course drama nobody saw it coming this morning there was no into bit but from late arrivals to cancel participation even arguments and shouting matches there's even heckling i want to express my sincere gratitude to our colleagues. and friends again i would like your attention. if it's long lives russia then let me speak please. there was sides as i mentioned the. unwilling to come to thes

opposition at the upcoming geneva peace talks. thanks for being with us. i understand you are not supposed to speak on afrin, only here to talk about negotiation. maybe i can ask you this -- are you worried that american support for the kurds will lead to the partition of syria? >> exactly. good evening. one of the most important things in the future of syria is the unity of the syrian people and territory. we know well that this militia, byd, has their own projects. they are not opposition and they are not also regime. they have their own project. they want to establish federalism system that is married to the division of syria. any support for any militia which has ideologically project makes us afraid that this might be leading to a kind of division in the future. sarah: do you support turkey's actions? >> i know that the problem is pyd. pyd has a lot of problems with syria relations against syrians. we saw them when they entered r aqqa city. now in the schools they forced their ideology even on the student and the schools. we have displaced hundred thousand civilians there. th

nations the work of this new institution the syrian constitutional committee will be organized in geneva according to the resolution twenty two fifty four and diplomatic editor james bays is following developments from the united nations and we were hearing that the prospect of elections for syrian people and also constitutional reform but did stuff on the mystery say anything more to flesh out these proposals. well certainly we had questions about how this is all going to work and the timeline for it stefan demas storage use or speaking there in sochi but a little earlier just over an hour ago he actually made a phone call that was beamed into the press conference room here at the united nations pretty clear from what he said that the u.n. believe this is an important development but it's also certainly not a breakthrough and the reason it's not a breakthrough the first one is that the opposition weren't even present in such ease so it's not clear whether they will take part in this new constitutional committee that's going to be set up it's also not clear who will be part of the commit

recognizes the u.n. sponsored geneva talks the kurds who control almost twenty percent of syrian territory are also refusing to go they are currently the focus of a turkish military operation in northern syria where it says that their fight is on terrorists al jazeera stephanie decker reports from the town of killie's on the turkey syria border. there's just been incoming from syria into turkey we were actually preparing for a live when we heard a whiz over our heads. and then we saw the smoke landing around five hundred meters from our position well the police have now come to inspect the crater this is a reminder of course that this is an active conflict and there are consequences for these border towns these border cities kilis has had rockets and shells land here before also they hardly on the other side of the border but people that residents that we've spoken to here will tell you that they are concerned they're used to it because i saw was here just a couple of years ago along the border and there was this kind of tense situation as well but one gentleman we spoke to yeste

is really kind of moscow pushing a moscow damascus agenda separates to the geneva peace process we don't know at the moment what the un position on all of this is because we know that stuff under mistura has come to sochi but he i think is trying. the resolve the turkey russia dispute at the moment and his participation in this conference is still i think in doubt as well have to see how this all pans out but at the moment it does seem to be hanging in the balance so one of the criticisms obviously is that russia can't really be an honest broker in all of this because they have a clear side at a clear point of view having said that what what can they really accomplish here. well i mean you know it's difficult to see who has an unbiased viewpoint and what's going on in syria maybe apart from from the u.n. although there are various critics of the u.n. as well and yes the the opposition and turkey to some extent always said the sort she has. warring aspects and it is basically set up to try to circumvent the geneva peace process with peace process which is the one that ultimately peo

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with dialogue agreeing in the end to embrace twelve principles developed in the un stalled geneva process and to form a constitutional committee comprising syrian government and opposition figures but there was no disguising the absence of the main rebel organizations among them the syrian negotiations committee the key concern that many in the opposition have had about sochi and what's kept plenty of figures away is that this would turn into a way for russia to sidestep the official un track to peace well that's something the russians have denied strenuously here saying this was never meant to compete with geneva and now they say they are handing the baton on to stefan de mistura it's a task the u.n. special envoy has chosen to accept their constitutional committee to be formed comprising the government of this. republic delegation along with the why represented opposition delegation for drafting a constitutional reform and the main tests for the ultimate success of sochi whether the opposition factions who stayed away can be persuaded to endorse its decisions and whether it does

this round or an earlier rounds held in geneva and the government and opposition still have not met face to face. let's go live now to huldah abdel-hamid who's in vienna and what's behind the breakdown this time. well behind the breakdown this time is a. ten point working document that was put forward to the opposition as we understand it from our diplomatic sources last night now that document was drafted by five countries. britain france saudi arabia and jordan described to us as a document that basically is more of a mechanism on how to revive these peace talks because we keep on defining them as peace talks but what's happening at the moment not just this round but even during the geneva eight round early december is that they're actually trying to find ways to start tackling substantiative negotiations well this morning the opposition had a very long meeting about hours with the u.n. envoy to find them is but. at some point it also spoke to the russian delegation that is here in vienna the moment and then the syrian government delegation showed up here at the u.n. building that

try to restart the whole peace process and eventually go to geneva and rory given all these these troubles how lucky is it that they can actually achieve anything. well i mean as a difficult question i think russia will of course make the most of this make the best of it the effort they're going to try restarts the whole process of geneva is i think. meaningful one from from their perspective we can hear it's a listen now to an analyst a russian foreign policy analyst called alexander aksyonov who we spoke to earlier on who gave us more scope as view of what this is all about. you do various reasons . the new approaches stumble. and now there is a need to give the new impulse to revitalize these procedures so that is the initial. aim a goal of this of this congress and i know that there was a lot of suspicions of terrorists as persians and various circles not only in the west in their up world as well but russia tries to explain needs its position and i think it has the right to do so. while those suspicions that he was talking about they are indeed very deep they've kept numerous

without a u.n. resolution or negotiations in geneva russia iran and turkey expect clarifications from the u.s. . small from moscow. well since the beginning of the syrian conflict is one thing that is united pretty much all of the countries involved in one way or another in the war is their belief but at least publicly stated that the territorial integrity of syria has to be maintained well what we have heard out of turkey and moscow today suggests that both those countries are losing faith with the united states is being honest so that intention sergey lavrov said that he thought this plan for a border security force was a centrally the united states trying to partition syria in some way lavrov also went on to big up russia's involvement in the various parts of the dialogue process that are going on at the moment particularly asked on which he says is really helps in de conflicts to some extent the syrian war he also said that the. dialogue congress that's supposed to be happening in sochi in russia later on in the month he said that this would bring together groups involved in the s

activists remain unconvinced that in baba has more from geneva. at the u.n. in geneva the united arab emirates was at the center of attention on monday but as they were lining up with the national flag one floor above diplomats lined up to highlight how the u.a.e. needs to improve its human rights one of the areas of concern in the recent u.n. report is arbitrary detention and torture that's something ninety have done knows all about the u.s. lebanese business and was arrested at his home in abu dhabi he still doesn't know why he held in an unknown location and beaten over many months he was eventually convicted of supporting terrorism and based on a confession made under duress you know interrogators threatened to. to do things to my wife i couldn't i couldn't take it after the all the physical abuse was you know somehow following when it came to that and i know he was serious because whatever he said before he did. so i could not i told him you know whatever you want i'll sign anything. as a side event at the un victims of abuse and their lawyers spoke out people like david hague as

holding its first round of talks for this for what is called the geneva nine meeting now what is on the table i think you don't really get a direct answer about that what we did hear from the opposition some words along the same along to fund them is to have said that this these were critical talks and quite decisive talks but when you do press them on why it's so critical that answer is quite vague at the moment the opposition says it's here because it still regards do you as the only mediator or the only way to achieve some sort of peace negotiations the opposition says it does still favored the u.n. as the main way to go to reach some sort of solution and not all these other parallel negotiations that are going on the opposition also was very clearly saying yesterday that it still has not decided whether it will attend the talks are. set to happen early next week called upon by russia with turkey and iran as guarantors the opposition says it's going to first figure out what's going to happen here how serious the syrian government is on achieving some sort of dialogue the two main poi

after eight previous rounds in geneva even though a breakthrough seems as far away as ever u.n. special envoy for syria stuff on demist euro remains optimistic meanwhile in the north of the war torn country another conflict is raging turkey's offensive targeting kurdish militia in the region of free most the turks appear to approve of their government's new war but speaking out against that military campaign it carries risks of a correspondent in stamboul filed this report on how operation all of branch is being perceived back home for. more on every channel the military operation in syria is the top story on turkish television the tenor of the reporting there e petrino take howard lee critical the majority of to people it seems support operation on a french in this tea house at least no one thinks the offensive is a mistake to do that the terrorists are looking for an opportunity to divide the country but we won't let them shove them of unused just got us is all we have fighting against isis and other terrorist groups those who don't want to help has should at least not stand

circumvent the geneva process that's why many of them refused to come here that's why the syria negotiating committee didn't want to come there were other groups who pulled away from this whole process on monday saying that while there were still attacks going on in the countryside massacres as they put it they were prepared to come here to sochi and there was that the airport overnights where a turkish backed group of opposition didn't like the fact that the airport was draped in syrian government flags and turned around and went home again deferring all of their author of teas to the the turkish government representatives here it's basically paints a picture all of first of all an opposition that is not very unified and that's been the problem throughout the whole syria negotiation process is and also it paints a picture of a conference here that is basically now essentially a fairly unbalanced one in that it doesn't it doesn't portray doesn't represent the views of a large group of syrian opposition figures and really given all that how likely is it that any progress we need.

many of these secrets they kept inside the geneva freeport system you'll never obtain an inventory of all the works in the freeport who knows how many there are three hundred three thousand three hundred thousand is it a matter of confidentiality only is it the world's black box of the art business. los angeles the city of luxury and fame but also an alarming number of people living in the streets. the simple fact in l.a. is there's just not enough shelter even if people on the streets right now decided to come in there's nowhere to come in it's been a struggle. to get this man found his own response to the problem and constructed dozens of tiny homes for people in need of shelter when you have nothing and nowhere to go. you know having something like this may as well be a castle but do the authorities accept such solution. me house on a city parking space is not a solution your craft to someone monitoring the site otherwise it will be a free for all and is there a better alternative to end the homelessness crisis. i had a great education a good job and a family that loved me. i never

definitely geneva and therefore the importance of step and of a store the u.n. representative attending these talks that what he's making of what he's seeing and hearing. well when russia first touted these talks and they positioned it as basically a way of giving the geneva process a kick to get it restarted again and water was decided in sochi would feed into geneva now that was never believed really by the opposition the opposition that a state away from sochi they have said that this is a way for russia and damascus to steer the peace settlement arounds to neve or to something that much more closely favors the bashar asad. and maybe that's what's the of the the u.n. representative who's come here stefan to mr a is trying to us. this is. the opposition. dishonest process to represent russia's interests and that's the decision that he's going to have to come up with at the end of this congress to see what the final communique looks like when it happens as well really for the moment thank you. african. opposition leader has taken an unofficial. protest over last year's election but he'

organization in geneva which the united states president has also said that the u.s. wants out of he also made head nod again to china referring to intellectual property theft which he said washington would no longer tolerate now in a major trade deals as you know better than anybody else taking years of painstaking negotiations through the business leaders gathered in davos believe that he will actually read buddies deals or are they just moving on now without the u.s. . but of course a year ago we saw president rip up t.p. pay on the sidelines of the world economic forum we have heard from white house officials that he may be looking to renegotiate t.p. pay now he says to make it a better deal reading between the lines of course that means a better deal for the united states the same can be said for nafta the same indeed can be said for the paris climate agreement as well although that's not a trade deal essentially though he said in that speech that he's looking for bilateral trade deals not multilateral trade deals certainly what donald trump was looking for in his speech and his time